Word: curiosities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Phillips tells us that what drove him four years ago to this larger historical subject was his disgust with the squalor and venality of American politics. (One wonders what he thinks about re-emerging from his studies at the present moment.) He has returned not only with a handsome thesis...
Along with the music, visitors will get an education. The museum places heavy emphasis on rock's roots. One exhibit, called "The Beat Goes On," consists of several touch-screen computers showing video clips of rockers along with the performers who influenced them--Chuck Berry, for example, is linked with...
Like, for instance, a certain North American superpower. When the Expo turf was carved up in 1985, the U.S. was given the second biggest site. Architect Barton Myers produced a respectable design, but Congress dithered and finally appropriated a measly $13 million to build it. In the end, Myers' scheme...
Imagine a cow that produces skim milk, a canola seed rich in sperm-whale oil or a naturally decaffeinated coffee bean. Such curios may sound like science fiction, but they are real possibilities in the brave new world being created by the marriage of biotechnology and agriculture. In scores of...